In Solidworks 2017, you can no longer change the appearance of a part (in assembly) while in section view. This is a huge pain, as I typically created renderings of section parts/assemblies. I have to un-section and select parts in the tree to individually change each appearance. In 2016, I would click the part, edit appearance, and then click the 10-15 other internal parts that happened to be the same type.

I'm currently on Solidworks 2017, SP0. Now, when I am in a section view, I can no longer right click and see the appearance icon (it has been removed.) It also doesn't show up in the tree while still in section. I get this following error message if I open the appearance tab on the right and drag it over to the part (in a section assembly).

Appearances aren't the only thing that 2017 Section View has affected; curvature and zebra stripes are not available in a non-graphics section however curvature display is available in graphics-only section. This is reduced functionality so I'm going to put this to SW as soon as I get a minute....